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36. How about Tinker Toys, or the little sparkler wheel "pump"

Sun May 16, 2021, 09:29 PM

May 2021

Last edited Sun May 16, 2021, 11:02 PM - Edit history (1)

The sparkler thing was pwhere a metal wheel painted with a spiral that had two curved "windows" one covered with red cellophane, the other one in the opposite side with blue - that was attached to a base that had a rough sort of flange on opposite sides that the prongs on the underside of the wheel by the "windows" would scrape against the rough part as you pumped the wheel to turn - that produced sparks that looked red, or blue because of the cellophane, and white where they came further.

I know that Tinker toys still exist. 😁

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Today's children don't even know what this is.... [View all] IcyPeas May 2021 OP

I had one of those! I don't even remember what it's called, it's kind of a top, I think. Ocelot II May 2021 #1

It's a top. Made by Fisher-Price, IIRC AngryOldDem May 2021 #4

IIRC, it hummed if you made it go fast enough. Ocelot II May 2021 #40

Yep. AngryOldDem May 2021 #61

I think that IS mine! Heh! Guilded Lilly May 2021 #2

Seriously! Looks just like mine too! soothsayer May 2021 #3

I had the old fashion wooden ones that you wound with string and flung with a Chainfire May 2021 #5

Those took a lot of practice ironflange May 2021 #34

I believe the present day equivalent is soldierant May 2021 #37

That whole Twitter account is a trip. AngryOldDem May 2021 #6

I remember. Today's kids, even some zoomers and young millennials... brush May 2021 #7

I operate my "rotary phone" every day...Some don't even know what that is... Stuart G May 2021 #9

I received one at age 2, and played with it a lot! Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #8

what a great picture of you with this toy!! IcyPeas May 2021 #10

I must've broke it at some point, before the mid-70's. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #13

IcyPeas taking some of us down memory lane - Thanks!! NoMoreRepugs May 2021 #11

Yep! Dave in VA May 2021 #12

It even could be a singing top. BittyJenkins May 2021 #14

I had one that "hummed" if you got it up to the right speed. Arkansas Granny May 2021 #15

It's amazing how little it took to entertain us. Remember jacks? Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #16

I remember them... Harker May 2021 #18

Also pick up sticks? Rebl2 May 2021 #22

I loved pick up sticks! We'd play them at... electric_blue68 May 2021 #31

I got really good at jacks. Ocelot II May 2021 #38

I loved playing jacks, but hated when I stepped on one barefooted yellowdogintexas May 2021 #55

LOL no kidding Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #62

Yes, and I bought one, 15 years ago, for my granddaughter. sinkingfeeling May 2021 #17

Awww... DemUnleashed May 2021 #19

I could make mine go a million miles an hour.. Permanut May 2021 #20

You can still find those in antique stores. Laffy Kat May 2021 #21

I had one just like that! Useless in FL May 2021 #23

We were so easily amused Generic Brad May 2021 #24

Made a weird noise as I recall twodogsbarking May 2021 #25

Ha! and then he advanced on you with another toy, bent on revenge... PatrickforB May 2021 #27

Me. I had one every year until I was about 6 or 7. Maybe a bit older. We had PatrickforB May 2021 #26

Yeah. I could hardly do any of the yo-yo tricks! : ( electric_blue68 May 2021 #50

LOL, yeah, all I could manage was walk the dog and around the world. PatrickforB May 2021 #58

We did! My 4 brothers and I. judesedit May 2021 #28

The lead-based paint on those was very tasty... Wounded Bear May 2021 #29

I did! I think it was actually my dad's and I played yellowdogintexas May 2021 #30

Either I or my cousin's had one when we were very young. electric_blue68 May 2021 #32

And they sure don't know what this is. NBachers May 2021 #33

I don't think I know what that is. 🤔 electric_blue68 May 2021 #47

Smirkymonkey has it right- push the plunger to get it into a soda bottle; let it go to seal it. NBachers May 2021 #59

thanks to you both... electric_blue68 May 2021 #60

For soda bottles? smirkymonkey May 2021 #48

How about Gyroscopes? Mr.Bill May 2021 #35

Had one of those, too. And a Slinky, the metal kind Ocelot II May 2021 #39

Battery sales back then must have been Mr.Bill May 2021 #43

Loved the slinky electric_blue68 May 2021 #52

Yes, but I don't think I tried the string trick....Cool! electric_blue68 May 2021 #49

I liked when he put it in the box. Mr.Bill May 2021 #54

I've never seen that... electric_blue68 May 2021 #56

How about Tinker Toys, or the little sparkler wheel "pump" electric_blue68 May 2021 #36

I'd forgotten about the sparkler thingy, but I had one. Ocelot II May 2021 #41

yeah, I remember those kalidiscopes! electric_blue68 May 2021 #45

I was a Lincoln Log guy myself. Mr.Bill May 2021 #44

I think I had lincoln logs myself. But then came.... electric_blue68 May 2021 #46

we had Tinker TOys and Lincoln Logs both yellowdogintexas May 2021 #53

Boy, I LOVED these! I had a couple when I was about 4-5 years old. Nowadays, kids think The_REAL_Ecumenist May 2021 #42

I know, it's so strange. On nice days, if we weren't in school, we would play outside all day and smirkymonkey May 2021 #51

Yes! My older sisters had one and I inherited it when they got too old for it csziggy May 2021 #57